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Los Angeles-based writer Hannah Bhuiya attended Hunter Biden’s art extravaganza last Friday and told the Daily Mail the president’s son had secret service in “every corner” of the room.

Hunter Biden proclaimed Thursday it is “courageous” to sell “art” to “anonymous” investors for $500,000.

Hunter Biden taunted MAGA supporters Thursday by sarcastically suggesting he is the most famous artist in the MAGA world for selling $500,000 pieces of art to “anonymous” investors. “I’m most famous artist in MAGA world, at least,” Hunter said facetiously

Hunter Biden revealed Thursday that President Joe Biden thinks “everything I do should be in National Gallery” of Art, while Hunter works to sell “anonymous” investors artwork for $500,000. 

Former Obama Ethics Chief Walter Shaub slammed President Joe Biden’s “blind spot” over Hunter Biden’s arranged art expose with potential “anonymous” art investors.

Sebastian Smee, a Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic at the Washington Post, suggested the art world is not wholly impressed by Hunter Biden’s latest venture but said a “few people” are looking to make money “from his notoriety.” He likened the scandal-plagued son to a “cafe painter” whose work would not go for more than $1,000 unless the buyer was “related to the artist.”

London’s Trafalgar Square will feature the faces of hundreds of transgender sex workers in a pagan-styled installation on the Fourth Plinth.

The digital artist known only as Pak has reportedly sold a single pixel as a part of a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFT) for a total of $1.4 million; the entire collection sold for $17 million.

A statue depicting the severed head of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on a pike has been displayed in the town centre of her childhood home by a left-wing Welsh artist. Mark Robla, a 34-year-old sculptor from Grantham in

Pope Francis extolled the role of art and artists Saturday, asserting that true art keeps beauty alive and instils hope in those who contemplate it.

Artist Maggi Hambling has defended a modernist statue to feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) derided by conservatives, traditionalists, and committed feminists alike. 

A lewd sculpture depicting President Donald Trump having sex with a mock Miss Universe has been put on display in an art gallery in London.

An art teacher at Tops at Seward School in Seattle, Washington told her eighth-grade students that the concept of peace is “racist,” and that President Donald Trump is divisive, adding that some of her own art projects are “racist” and derived from “white privilege.” The teacher added that art history comes from a “European, euro-centric ‘white supremacist’ point of view.” Her rambling monologue was captured by a student who recorded the class Zoom session.

The University of Kentucky is facing a lawsuit over its plans to remove a mural that depicts various parts of American history. The mural, which has sparked controversy over its depiction of slaves and Native Americans, was painted in 1934 by artist Ann Rice O’Hanlon.

A work of art appearing to depict a working-class male in a dustbin was left beside the now empty Colston plinth. 

An Italian newspaper has warned that a “diversity” clause in a Council of Europe cultural heritage treaty could “erase the true identity” of Italy as it demands “respect for the diversity of interpretations”.

Art experts have confirmed that a painting discovered hidden inside an Italian art gallery’s walls last month is Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of a Lady,” which was stolen from the gallery nearly 23 years ago.

A museum in Amsterdam is facing criticism for its decision to stop using the term “Golden Age” to describe the 17th century, when the Netherlands was a global mercantile, military and artistic superpower.

A Florida artist painted portraits of President Donald Trump on his hurricane shutters to prepare for Hurricane Dorian as it moved its way toward the Sunshine State.

Yale University has refused to uncover a controversial stone carving that depicts a struggle between a Native American and a Puritan, despite promising to move it and make it available for viewing.  The School previously modified the art to remove the Puritan’s musket while leaving the Native American’s bow.

Tufts University announced recently that a new art installation will aim to increase awareness about ICE deportations in America. The “ICE Escape Signs” will mimic fire-escape signs.

PARIS, France — The French government said on Wednesday it had launched a project to return cultural artifacts stolen from Jews in World War II.

The Saatchi Gallery has covered up two pieces of artwork after complaints from Muslims that they were “blasphemous” because they contained text from the Quran.

The chaplain to the Parisian fire brigade has been hailed as a hero after it was revealed he led efforts to save the priceless holy relics and art stored inside Notre-Dame Cathedral.

The National Trust has been slammed by visitors after covering all art depicting men as part of a taxpayer-funded exhibition aiming to promote female representation.

Venezuelan refugees who have fled to Colombia are using their old currency to make and sell art in the street, local outlet La Opinión reported this week.

A painting portraying a man created completely by artificial intelligence sold for $432,000 at auction this week. The painting, titled Portrait of Edmond Belamy, was auctioned at Christie’s auction house, and was estimated to sell for between $7,000 and $10,000 — but

A Banksy print being sold at auction for $1.4 million self-destructed before auction-goers eyes Friday just after it sold.

American artist Jon McNaughton released his latest painting Tuesday of President Trump and his crew crossing the Washington, DC, swamp, and it has caused a variety of reactions on social media.

BERLIN (AP) – A German court has ruled that authorities must pay a farmer 773,000 euros (nearly $904,000) for a bronze horse’s head dating back to Roman times that was found on his land in 2009. The head, part of

U.S. Donald Trump’s administration waived a recent Pentagon policy to allow an admitted al-Qaeda terrorist to take his artwork with him when released to Saudi Arabia from the American military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba early this month.

Actor Jim Carrey isn’t pledging full-fledged fealty to the Democrat Party with his latest primitive painting showing the carcass of a rotting donkey.

The decision by the Manchester Art Gallery to temporarily remove a famous Victorian painting showing nude mythological creatures has been deemed “puritanical” and an act of “authoritarian moralising”.

Lisa Rockford,a professor at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has come under fire for an “art project” that involved using an American flag as a doormat.

A Venezuelan artist has finally found a use for his country’s bolivar currency in the form of art canvases, local website Venezuela al Día revealed.

Bill and Hillary Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea, has been spending a lot of time on Twitter during the last year attempting to expound on all manner of topics to show how engaged she is, but her attempt to compare Confederate statues to the worship of the devil did not fare so well.